Alberta Health Services – Calgary Zone
General Information
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Service Type
Applied Behaviour Collaboration Team, The
Program
The Applied Behaviour Collaboration (ABC) Team is a non-urgent Addiction & Mental Health (A&MH) service that focuses on building staff capacity and supporting individuals under 65 with complex behavioral and/or mental health needs residing in Integrated and Supported Facility Living (ISFL) Contracted Services, , Behavior and Psychiatry Stream:,
, The MHC and RN provides behavioural mental health support services which may include:,
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client intervention based on assessed need
skill building with staff (i.e. Specific to client"s diagnosis/behavior care plan; ABC will provide education in-services, staff training, on floor coaching and modelling of approaches/interventions)
ongoing evaluation and follow up
supporting ABC Clients during hospitalizations
support Clients transitioning into and out of ISFL Contracted Services
supporting the ABC Psychiatrist
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, The ABC Psychiatrist attached to our team provides non-urgent Psychiatry consultation with regular communication with the ABC RNs and MHCs,
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provide indirect consultation and direct assessments in concert with the ABC RN & MHC
psychiatry rounds occur twice a month
provides direct Physician to Physician consultation/support
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, We do not assess for level of care, crisis support or capacity assessments, , Key Provider: clinical behavior specialists, educators, mental health clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, registered nurses (RNs), team leaders